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eXtreme botany on tour Day 3: eight barmy botanists get lost in Estonian forest

OK, day three of eXtreme botany on tour finds our eight intrepid barmy botanists (and a driver) heading out of Poland into Lithuania, Latvia and ending up (more by luck than judgement) at a forest campsite on the Baltic coast of Estonia, near the town of Parnu. At around 600 km (ca 370 miles) this is not as eXtreme as day 1 but bearing in mind we had stop-offs in
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eXtreme botany on tour – follow the movements of 8 barmy botanists in the Baltic States soon!

2014 marks the first anniversary of eXtreme botany and Dr M is celebrating by embarking on a European tour from the Czech Republic, through Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and from thence across the water to Finland! The first posts already published have seen 8 barmy botanists in a bus (and a driver) travelling from Czech Republic through Poland. Dr M knows you are waiting for the next
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SER Europe 2014 Oulu: reflections from one barmy botanist

OK so Dr M is one of the eight barmy botanists (and a driver) who drove in a little red mini-bus all the way from the Czech Republic through Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and across the water to Finland, and all in 5 days! We had lots of adventures on the way and you can read about them here! But this post is to
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There were eight barmy botanists in a bus (and a driver)..!

Day 2 of this eXtreme botanical journey, and Dr M has concluded that this group comprises eight barmy botanists in a bus (and a driver!). So to celebrate this discovery Dr M has started to compose a song to entertain his fellow seven barmy botanists (and a driver) en route through Poland and beyond. And the more Dr M ponders it, the more it fits well
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eXtreme botany on tour Day 2: Dr M hits Poland with eXtreme botany in a bus!

Day 2: in which the intrepid group of eight barmy botanists (and a driver) travelled in their little red mini-bus across the length of Poland – and all in just one day (over 1000 km (630 miles) and in more than 11 hours!). While pondering this rather immense and extended journey Dr M feels crossing Poland in a day is perhaps unfair to Poland, it
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eXtreme botany on tour: Day 1 – Wizzing from Reading to Brno and beyond

2014 marks the first anniversary of eXtreme botany and Dr M is celebrating by embarking on a European tour which tracks a botanical transect from the Czech Republic, through Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and from thence to Finland – an eXtreme botanical transect indeed! Day 1 Tuesday was a long day! A very early morning start from Reading, travelling to Luton airport (Lorraine Chase comes to
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